Air Force: Deployment

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel are based in (a) each state of the USA, (b) Ascension Island, (c) the Balkans, (d) Cyprus, (e) Diego Garcia, (f) the Falklands and (g) Gibraltar.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
The strength of RAF personnel posted outside the UK is available in Table 1.1 of Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 10: UK Regular Forces Stationed Location. TSP 10 is published quarterly. The most recent publication shows figures at 1 April 2007 and can be found at:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/publications/tsp10/tsp10tab11.html.

Copies of TSP 10 are available in the Library of the House and are also available at:

www.dasa.mod.uk.

Due to ongoing validation of data from the new Personnel Administration System, all location data is currently provisional and subject to review.

Figures are not available separately for the individual states of the USA or Ascension Island.